When choosing how to put colours together you first need to figure out your personal contrast levels. There are two sorts of contrast – Value (which means light to dark) and Colour (how many different colours are flattering to wear at one time). Firstly lets look at your Value Contrast. Now think about your Colour [...]
How to Create a Casual Column of Colour
August 31, 2011 By 8 Comments
Today I’m guest posting over at Creating Order from Chaos about how I organise my life but before you go and read that post, I thought I’d just share my casual column of colour, given that has been a topic here recently. I’m sure some people wonder what an image consultant wears when they’re not [...]
Style Rules – Break or Follow?
August 26, 2011 By 10 Comments
There are a plethora of style rules to follow and sure they’ll help you look fabulous and flatter you body and colouring. But doesn’t it sometimes get boring following rules. I wanted to show you in one outfit the rules I’ve followed and the one I’ve broken. Breaking the Rules Today I wore a Verily [...]
How to Mix Colours
August 25, 2011 By 5 Comments
How to Look Taller Using a Column of Colour
August 23, 2011 By 13 Comments
Imogen, Would you consider addressing the best way to create a column of color with some examples? I try to dress this way and wear mostly dark wash denim or black ponte knit pants. I would like to expand the my choices on the top. A bit more color and some shoe/ boot options. I [...]
How to Use Colour to Enhance Your Life
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
We are surrounded by colour, blue sky, green leaves, brown earth, red bricks, grey asphalt and white clouds all are easily pictured in our minds eye by their colours. Psychologists have shown that colour helps us to process and store visual information more efficiently than colourless experiences. Between 62%-90% of the visual impression is based [...]
How to Make Your Double Chin Disappear
August 11, 2011 By 4 Comments
How to Choose a Patterned Garment with Flattering Colours
August 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
How to Choose the Right Foundation Colour
July 27, 2011 By 4 Comments
I received this email from a reader the other day: Hi Imogen, I have been reading your article on skin’s undertones and overtones. I have skin exactly as you describe… cool undertone and yellow overtone. Do you have a technique for choosing liquid foundation that you could recommend? I need to try some but get [...]
Fashion Trends 2011 – Colour Blocking
May 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
If you’ve been in outer Mongolia this past week and haven’t seen any pictures from the British Royal Wedding,. then you may not have realised that colour blocking is the fashion trend at present. Some of the outfits (like Tara Palmer-Tompkinson’s all ultramarine outfit) were over the top with their colour blocking, really a nude [...]
